SADDO: THE MOVIE (aka READY PLAYER ONE)

“In all my early films, from ‘Jaws’ to ‘Raiders’ to ‘E.T.’, I was telling the story from a seat in the theater — from the audience, for the audience — and I haven’t done that in a long time,” Mr. Spielberg said. “I haven’t really done that since ‘Jurassic Park,’ and that was in the ’90s.”

Why not?

“Because I’m older,” he said, with a laugh. “Now I feel a deeper responsibility to tell stories that have some kind of social meaning.” He added: “If I have a choice between a movie that is 100 percent for the audience and a movie that says something about the past — that resonates for me or elevates a conversation that might have been forgotten, like with ‘Munich’ — I will always choose history over popular culture. Even with all the popcorn in a film like ‘Ready Player One,’ it does still have social meaning.”

Acceptance of oneself and others is a big theme in “Ready Player One.” Underpinning the action are classic Spielberg motifs (parental absence, the kids are smarter than the adults). But the movie also functions as a cautionary tale about virtual reality, a technology that continues to move into the mainstream, as tech companies introduce more affordably priced headsets, start-ups like Dreamscape Immersive (in which Mr. Spielberg is an investor) bring walk-through virtual-reality experiences to movie theaters, and Hollywood studios figure out how to capitalize on the medium.

“I was really interested in the technology that allows this alternate universe to exist — headgear, haptic response gloves, boots, full-body suits — because I really believe it’s going to be the superdrug of the future,” Mr. Spielberg said.

In one moment in “Ready Player One,” a child tends a burning stove while her mother, wearing a V.R. headset nearby, is lost in another world. People become addicted to the Oasis, lying and stealing in real life to satisfy their virtual obsession. Mr. Spielberg said that with the next generation, “after five minutes of conversation, there is 20 minutes of prayer.”

“And the prayer is into iPhones and Samsung devices and Galaxies and iPads,” he said....

“I read the book, and I said, ‘They’re going to need a younger director for this.’”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/movies/steven-spielberg-ready-player-one.html

Who has time for hatewatching. I only watch garbage that I'm reasonably sure I'll enjoy.

fwiw morbs some of us prospective hatewatchers use moviepass to make silicon valley venture capitalist jerks pay for our terrible movie choices. tho even with that i'm not sure i'll get around to this one, there's too much good stuff bouncing around nyc right now.

have you gotten to Death of Stalin, Doc?

I almost bought a ticket for that, but I'm worried I might be too stupid for it

It's extremely good

I guess "almost" is a strong word. "Pondered" buying a ticket.

Still, I'm pretty dumb.

no you aint

i want a whiney review of ready player one. 10,000 words in stereogum.

If you guys can Kickstart me $300, I will do 1000 words on Ready Player One

i'll just c/p all your posts on the zombies thread but replace bacon with "Akira"

trailer for DoS didn't do anything for me, n my film buff boss told me today it was okay at best (she'd liked his other films and was disappointed). so, dunno if i'll get around to it. idk there's just always so much good repertory to pick from. saw Metropolis on a giant screen with live score Sunday at the 175th street Palace, now that was a good time.

he's only made one other feature film

that is true but Lynchfans have started the trend of calling TV series "films"

Death of Stalin works as an extremely good and dark comedy, I can't imagine seeing Iannucci's other work and finding this considerably lesser (though I can imagine not liking Iannucci overall and not finding this any different.)

see the DoS thread for one who does

"If you guys can Kickstart me $300, I will do 1000 words on Ready Player One"

hmmm, i don't know. we only need 40 bucks and this guy will write a 750 word review.

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and he's irish so it will have a jaunty irish slant to it.

“In all my early films, from ‘Jaws’ to ‘Raiders’ to ‘E.T.’, I was telling the story from a seat in the theater — from the audience, for the audience — and I haven’t done that in a long time,” Mr. Spielberg said. “I haven’t really done that since ‘Jurassic Park,’ and that was in the ’90s.”

dude, war of the worlds was awesome. how quickly we forget.

That's half in that mold and half significantly darker -- ie, the scene where Cruise kills Tim Robbins offscreen.

love that movie. the last cruise movie i need to see in my life.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/03/28/all-steven-spielbergs-movies-including-ready-player-one-ranked/462933002/

this list is insane. the writer has not seen most of these films. Temple of Doom ranked #31 out of 32, War of the Worlds at #30, both below Crystal Skull(!) And...

26. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001): Stanley Kubrick was originally supposed to direct, which would have yielded a much different movie than Spielberg's warm tale of a robot kid with the ability to love.

what the fuck.

18. Munich (2005): A poignant thriller spin is put on one of the sports world's darkest moments, recounting the Israel government's secret act of vengeance for the massacre of their athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

o rly

Speaking of which, I recently watched Friedkin's "Sorcerer" and I really feel like Spielberg must have screened that in preparation for "Munich" because even though they're very different movies the camera work feels similar in a lot of ways, especially in the opening "vignettes" of the former.

1. 1941 (1941, I assume): Spielberg's greatest triumph is this ambitious epic, which encapsulates all of the events that took place across the globe in the year 1941. Simply breathtaking.

i don't think i've ever seen the entire 1941.

2. Hook (1997): Spielberg stretches out of his comfort zone with this experimental concert film, which features every rendition of their hit song 'Hook' which was performed over the course of their 'I Love It When They Call Me Big Popper Tour'. Absolutely astonishing.

Sorry, the author meant to specify that it was a Blues Traveler concert film.

22. Amistad (1997): Maybe not Spielberg's best "important" film but it's definitely one that's effective in conveying the historical significance of Africans taking over a slave ship heading to the USA circa 1839 and the ensuing legal fight.

It definitely conveys the significance of its plot and is a movie.

why the hell a listicle from USAT of all places?

1941 is much funnier and smarter than The Color Purple

also WotW is clearly one of the 9/11 trilogy

hey, we're in Recapitulate the Auteur's Career (Again) mode!

I was really close to pitching a Tomb Raider/Assassin's Creed crossover movie to the studio until I realized they're from different game companies/movie companies :(

I was hoping for more challops from the USA Today list! The writing is bad and has some movies completely in the wrong order, but it comes across as just dumb.

Needs more Armond-style taunting of the reader

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Nice to have confirmation that Crystal Skull was not made with the audience in mind

again i think Spiel considers it a hired-by-George movie

we should request a zing touch feature that removes referrer links when you paste

O BOI pic.twitter.com/42hGQ80GUc

— Lindsay Ellis (@thelindsayellis) March 29, 2018

😑

— Lindsay Ellis (@thelindsayellis) March 29, 2018

$17.50, Christ.

as she responded to someone else asking about the ticket price

welcome to LA https://t.co/UfMhBtDK6u

— Lindsay Ellis (@thelindsayellis) March 29, 2018

Movies should be cheaper in LA, they don’t have to get shipped as far

twitter gives a checkmark to literally anybody, huh. from that same person's retweets:

‘Get a personality??’ Um excuse me, I’ve ALREADY told you which Intellectual Properties I like and don’t like

— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) March 29, 2018

WHY DO HIPSTER CRITICS AND MEDIA OBSESSED PPL THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THIS? YOU DO THIS. YOU ARE THIS. YOU ARE NOT IN SOME OTHER CATEGORY FROM THIS. YOU ARE ACTUALLY MORE IN THIS CATEGORY THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.

anyway.. this movie's been getting great reviews!

quick question, do you actually know who bill corbett and/or lindsay ellis is

corbett yes, ellis... her twitter profile says she makes youtube videos about disney movies?

sleepingbag otm

Yup.

Not that I expect it to be in Cline's head, but The Oasis def has a Criterion collectors' planet somewhere.

Lindsay Ellis is great. probably the best film crit i've seen in the youtube era. no idea what the capslock yelling is about. she's been reading through the book and now she's reviewing the movie. if she is fine w it i may give this a shot yet.

alm0nd: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/movie-review-ready-player-one-spielberg-pleasing-escapism/

Obviously, don't click on it or read it. Just know that he's off somewhere yelling into a void.

WHY DO HIPSTER CRITICS AND MEDIA OBSESSED PPL THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THIS?

why do you think this is a joke that involves no self-reflection?

I had a sad chuckle and the explained to my coworker why I like the local coffee chain more than Starbucks

Cline also wrote the script for the charmingly innocent, unjustly overlooked 2009 film Fanboys

lol classic Armond

sleepingbag projects a lack of self-reflection onto others because: